Bio
After graduating from Brown Medical School, Dr. Lahijani completed the Combined Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She then served as a physician in the areas of primary care and triple diagnosis (addiction, HIV, mental health).
Thereafter, Dr. Lahijani completed the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University where she worked at the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. During her fellowship, she also served as a psycho-oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Lahijani is trained in and administers different psychotherapeutic modalities, including Meaning Centered Psychotherapy and Dignity Therapy.
Dr. Lahijani joined the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine in 2015 as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Since her initial appointment, Dr. Lahijani has served as the lead psychiatric oncologist at the Stanford Cancer Center where she has provided psychiatric consultation services to patients with cancer and collaborated closely with her hematology and oncology colleagues to deliver comprehensive cancer care.
In 2019, she was appointed as the Medical Director of the Stanford Cancer Center Psychosocial Oncology Program where she works in Stanford Cancer Center leadership and oversees the development and operationalization of psychiatric consultation for patients with cancer. Dr. Lahijani also attends on the inpatient Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service at Stanford Hospital and Clinics to provide care for all patients with complex medical and psychiatric diagnoses and to teach psychiatry, internal medicine, and neurology trainees.
As Faculty of the Advancing Communication Excellence at Stanford, Dr. Lahijani leads foundational workshops for faculty and staff to advance communication skills with patients, families, and their colleagues. She is committed to developing and contributing to efforts that focus on relationship centered skills and provider wellness.
Her clinical and scholarly interests include the interface of Medicine and Psychiatry, Psycho-Oncology, psychopharmacology, collaborative care models, psychotherapy for the medically ill, interdisciplinary medical education, teaching, and academic writing.
Clinical Focus
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Psycho-Oncology
Academic Appointments
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Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Administrative Appointments
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Medical Director, Stanford Cancer Center Psycho-Oncology Program (2019 - Present)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, American College of Physicians (2007 - Present)
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Member, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (2009 - Present)
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Member, Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry (2014 - Present)
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Member, American Psychosocial Oncology Society (2015 - Present)
Professional Education
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Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (2014)
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Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychosomatic Medicine (2015)
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Fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2015) IL
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Residency: Rush University Medical Center (2012)
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Medical Education: Brown Medical School (2007) RI
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